, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session with the Minister for Climate Change
Well, then you could bring forward a motion, I presume, of some description, in the Senedd.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session with the Minister for Climate Change
Well, you can have a duty to consult—
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session with the Minister for Climate Change
I've got no issue with that—I think the process is fine. And I've got no issue with the balance either—I think that's all fine. My question was does that hullabaloo have a bite.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session with the Minister for Climate Change
I'm grateful to you. I'm grateful, Minister, for your time this afternoon. I think the conversation you had with the Chair earlier answered well the questions that I have on the use of delegated powers, and I think the use of delegated powers in this Bill is…
, Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report—'From Five to Four? P-06-1247 Support trials of a four-day week in Wales'
Okay. I would have taken the intervention—I'm sorry. But the point I would make, in conclusion, is that we've seen a revolution in working practices over the last three or four years. I believe that we need to invest in a sort of creative response to the…
, Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report—'From Five to Four? P-06-1247 Support trials of a four-day week in Wales'
Well, of course I know that the public sector operate flexi—I've done it myself. The emphasis for me in this debate is actually on flexibility, rather than saying, 'Rather than a five-day week, you'll do a four-day week', for example. Certainly, I know many…
, Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report—'From Five to Four? P-06-1247 Support trials of a four-day week in Wales'
Yes, I will take it, but allow me to finish the sentence. The package that you put together today will always include flexibility, it will always include hybrid working and it will always include potential for people to live their own lives in the way they…
, Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report—'From Five to Four? P-06-1247 Support trials of a four-day week in Wales'
I'm grateful to you, Deputy Presiding Officer. It's always a pleasure to follow on from Rhys ab Owen, and the arguments that he was making. I think it's important—I don't often contribute to many of these debates on a Wednesday afternoon—but I think it's…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
I'm grateful to the Minister for that response. I should also put on record my gratitude to him for the way in which he's led the Government response to the issues around Tillery Valley Foods for many months now. I'm grateful to his officials for the…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
1. Will the Minister make a statement on the future of Tillery Valley Foods? TQ767
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister—continued
William Hague.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister—continued
Why would it?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister—continued
It's an interesting thing. I think the fact that Ministers do these visits is absolutely essential in terms of learning lessons and understanding, and becoming a sort of modern Welsh magpie, if you like, learning things from all around the world. But in order…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister—continued
I've got no issue with that. But, in terms of institutional relationships, you've spoken before about your frustration about some of the places that Wales hasn't been able to play a role in terms of the post-withdrawal agreement institutional relationships. I…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister—continued
I'm grateful to you for that, First Minister. So, you've described the territory, if you like, that you would like to see a strategy developed upon, and I'm interested to understand how you see that, say, European strategy developing in the next period, the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister—continued
Thank you very much. These sometimes can be quite difficult issues. As you know, I was in Qatar, at the time, and I thought the Welsh Government's presence there was really very impressive. Given the difficulties that you've already been describing in answer…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister
I'm very grateful to the First Minister for that answer. You've covered a lot of the institutional structures there. In terms of Government to Government, we met a colleague of yours who was seconded to the Irish Government whilst we were in Dublin, and it…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister
I'm just recollecting what Philip King told us. We had a very enriching conversation with him whilst we were in Ireland. One thing he said that has stuck in my mind: where culture leads, commerce follows. I thought that was quite interesting. And it's very…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister
The First Minister mentioned earlier the status of the trading relationship between Wales and Ireland, so, rather than spend time in committee this morning, I wonder if the First Minister could write to us with the Government's analysis of the current trading…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister
Yes. I'm interested in that, First Minister. And I was interested in Des Clifford's description of 'an authorising environment'—I like that, I think that's a great way to empower people. And the number of ministerial meetings is clearly a useful way of…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
I thought the letter, letter 2.1 from the Minister, was quite an inadequate response to the points that were raised. I don't think the committee needs a lecture from the Minister on the difficult decisions that Government are facing, and certainly it's not…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
Can I just say one thing?
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, today is Europe Day, where we're able to mark the seventy-eighth anniversary of Victory in Europe Day and the defeat of Nazism. It's a day when we can remember the sacrifices that people have made to bring others together, and, of course, the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm grateful to the First Minister for that. This afternoon, I think we should also pay tribute to the work of Mick Antoniw, who has united Members across the Chamber in his support for the people of Ukraine over the last period. And the Welsh Government has…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
1. Will the First Minister make a statement on the resettlement of people from Ukraine in Wales? OQ59465
